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René Laennec

1781 - 1826

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René-Théophile-Hyacinthe Laennec (French: [laɛnɛk]; 17 February 1781 – 13 August 1826) was a French physician and musician. His skill at carving his own wooden flutes led him to invent the stethoscope in 1816, while working at the Hôpital Necker. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of René Laennec has received more than 1,344,471 page views. His biography is available in 47 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 45 in 2019). René Laennec is the 59th most popular physician (down from 51st in 2019), the 548th most popular biography from France (down from 520th in 2019) and the 11th most popular French Physician.

René Laennec is most famous for inventing the stethoscope.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, René Laennec ranks 59 out of 502. Before him are Rita Levi-Montalcini, Philippe Pinel, Hans Asperger, Hua Tuo, Robert Bellarmine, and Christiaan Eijkman. After him are Niels Ryberg Finsen, Eugen Bleuler, Emil Theodor Kocher, Djer, Herophilos, and Joseph Lister.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1781, René Laennec ranks 5. Before him are George Stephenson, Eugène de Beauharnais, Louis Joseph, Dauphin of France, and Karl Friedrich Schinkel. After him are Bernard Bolzano, Siméon Denis Poisson, Adelbert von Chamisso, Stamford Raffles, Anton Diabelli, Frederica of Baden, and David Brewster. Among people deceased in 1826, René Laennec ranks 7. Before him are Thomas Jefferson, Carl Maria von Weber, John Adams, Joseph von Fraunhofer, Giuseppe Piazzi, and Philippe Pinel. After him are John VI of Portugal, Joseph Proust, Elizabeth Alexeievna, Stamford Raffles, Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin, and Maria Leopoldina of Austria.

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In France

Among people born in France, René Laennec ranks 548 out of 6,011. Before him are Avitus (395), Gaston, Duke of Orléans (1608), René of Anjou (1409), Carus (230), Niki de Saint Phalle (1930), and Elisa Bonaparte (1777). After him are Johnny Hallyday (1943), Maurice de Vlaminck (1876), Pérotin (1160), Amadeus VIII, Duke of Savoy (1383), Léon Walras (1834), and Theuderic I (485).

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Among PHYSICIANS In France

Among physicians born in France, René Laennec ranks 11. Before him are Claude Bernard (1813), Ambroise Paré (1510), Karl Brandt (1904), Jean-Martin Charcot (1825), Hilary of Poitiers (315), and Philippe Pinel (1745). After him are Jean Nicot (1530), Louis Auguste Blanqui (1805), Charles Nicolle (1866), Marie François Xavier Bichat (1771), Jean Marc Gaspard Itard (1774), and André Frédéric Cournand (1895).

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